Maj-Gen Vitaly Gerasimov, a senior Russian military commander, has been killed in a battle on the edge of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, Gerasimov, a Deputy Commander of the 41st Army, died along with other Russian officers.
Gerasimov would be the second Russian general from the 41st Army to die within a week in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of March, its deputy commander, Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, was confirmed by Russian media to have been killed.
The development comes after Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed to establish humanitarian corridors to allow the evacuation of civilians from troubled areas.
Hundreds have been killed with Over 1.7 million people fleeing to neighbouring countries since the war began 12 days ago.
